Request for Information Buckman Direct Diversion Water Intake Redesign
Closed State & local contract opportunity Posted
- Solicitation number
- FY26-RFI-054
- State
- New Mexico
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdiction
- NIGP codes
- UNSPSC codes
- 81103300 Geomatics engineering
- 81101501 Well engineering
- 81103402 Front-end engineering design services
- 81103403 Detailed engineering services
- 81103405 Onshore engineering procurement and construction services
- 81101527 Wastewater engineering
- 81101528 Stormwater engineering
- 81103400 Engineering procurement and project management services
- 81103404 Offshore engineering procurement and construction services
- Point of contact
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- Kathy Sanchez kssanchez@santafenm.gov (505) 927-5405
Opportunity details come from procurement.opengov.com. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Buckman Direct Diversion Board (BDD), in coordination with the City of Santa Fe Public Utilities Department, is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) seeking engineering firms with demonstrated experience in planning, designing, and implementing surface water diversions and intakes capable of handling large sediment fluctuations. This RFI is intended to solicit interest and gather information to refine the procurement approach for a forthcoming Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for comprehensive engineering services. The primary objective is to identify and develop solutions to improve raw water influent quality at the Water Treatment Plant through intake redesign and stream diversion improvements. The anticipated RFQ will require selected firms to develop a minimum 30% design with potential progression through 60%, 90%, and final design phases depending on selected project elements and delivery methods. Required qualifications include documented experience in surface water diversion projects, intake structure design, and management of sediment-related challenges in water intake systems. The RFI was posted on January 21, 2026, with a response deadline of March 13, 2026. Responses to this RFI are voluntary and do not serve as a prerequisite for participation in the subsequent RFQ solicitation.
The RFI document does not specify set-aside designations, disadvantaged business enterprise requirements, or restrictions limiting participation to particular categories of organizations. No incumbent vendors, current contractors, or existing infrastructure integration requirements are identified in the available solicitation materials. Similarly, no specific award values or budget ranges are provided in the RFI. The voluntary nature of this information-gathering phase indicates that responses will inform the scope, evaluation criteria, and potentially the contracting approach for the forthcoming RFQ, which will represent the formal competitive procurement opportunity for engineering design services.
Opportunity text
The Buckman Direct Diversion Board (BDD), in coordination with the City of Santa Fe Public Utilities Department, is seeking the best possible solution to the Water Treatment Plant raw water influent quality.
One such solution is to procure an engineering firm with demonstrated experience in planning, designing and implementing surface water diversions and intakes subject to large fluctuations in sediment, if sufficient engineering firms are available.
Therefore, the BDD is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) and Intent to Participate to solicit interest from engineering firms ("Firms") with demonstrated experience in planning, designing, and implementing surface water diversion subject to large fluctuations in sediment.
Information received through this RFI will help BDD refine the procurement approach for a forthcoming Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for engineering services. The anticipated RFQ will request development of a minimum 30% design, with potential progression into further design phases (60%, 90%, and final design) depending on the selected project elements and delivery method. The scope will entail providing engineering services to progress to a level, a selected alternative for stream diversion and intake structure improvements.
Engineering Firms that are interested in providing the requested services are requested to submit to this RFI.
Responses to this RFI are voluntary and not a prerequisite for participating in future solicitations.
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